Lei Yue Longmen

Li Pingzhu did what he said.When she intercepted the letters between the chief steward of Cheng's mansion and Southwest that were unfavorable to Cen Zheng, she took them directly to the mansion of Nanhou in Jingcheng Town.

"Come on, break his leg!"

She said lightly, Gong Changer, the chief guard of the Princess Mansion, didn't say anything, and quickly dragged the faceless butler out of the main hall, and put him on the bench.Wielding a long stick, he hit each of his legs hard, two appalling screams accompanied by brittle bones, and the guard dragged the unconscious butler into the door and threw it on the ground like a sack.It's just a sip of tea before and after, clean and neat.

The servants of the Hou Mansion knelt on the ground, all too frightened to make a sound.Several staff members of the Hou Mansion also had pale faces, and a bold one stepped forward and promised: "I don't know... I don't know why the housekeeper offended the eldest princess? Please tell the eldest princess clearly."

Li Pingzhu returned? He didn't reply, and asked Gong Chang: "Is the Hou's residence sealed off?"

Gong Chang cupped his hands and said: "All the gates have been sealed, and no one is allowed to enter or leave without the order of the Princess's Mansion."

"Okay. Bring the pigeons."

"Yes."

A fluttering pigeon was delivered to Li Pingzhu in front of everyone.The staff who know the goods can see that it is a carrier pigeon.

"Write!" The eldest princess let out a low voice, and Gong Chang took the pen, and began to write on a piece of paper: "An Guowei southwestern part is ordered to discount one leg of Cheng Yiren, the son of Zhennan Hou, as a warning to others."

All the staff were shocked when they heard the news. An Guowei was the secret guard of An Guo's eldest princess Li Pingzhu. They had only heard of it but never seen it. They didn't expect that there was also a branch in the southwest.

Everyone panicked and knelt down to beg for mercy, "May I ask Your Highness the eldest princess, why did you break the second son's leg? Second? The son is the eldest princess's nephew, and the broken bone is still connected to the tendons. Please look at the elder princess." Master Hou took it back on face."

"That's right, princess, the Marquis and his wife invited a famous doctor a few days ago. The second son's mind has just improved, which is the hope of the Cheng family. He is still young. If there is anything that offends the princess in Zhennanhou's mansion, I also ask the eldest princess's mansion to be lenient on Empress Dowager Cheng's face, and punish her lightly."

Li Pingzhu turned a deaf ear and asked Gong Chang, "Is it finished?"

"It's written."

"Stamp it and send it out."

"Yes." Gong Chang tied the letter to the pigeon, walked to the courtyard wall and let it go on a high place.In an instant, the carrier pigeon fluttered twice in the air, and fled into the night dazedly.

Everyone in the Hou Mansion turned pale and wanted to stop them, but the gates of the various places were firmly controlled by the eldest princess's people, and they could only watch the pigeons disappear.This kind of pigeon is trained by a special person, and it only takes five days to fly to the southwest. If the people in the Hou Mansion want to report the news, it will take six days at the earliest.

No matter what, I can't catch up. This is too ruthless, and there is no room for maneuver.

Everyone in the Hou Mansion has never been humiliated like this before, but this is the capital city, the royal territory, and the eldest princess is her own person in name, and was "cleaned up" by her own people, so they can only smash their teeth and swallow their blood .

Some of the aides said in grief and indignation: "The eldest princess has acted like this. Where do you want to put the Marquis and the Cheng family? After all, the Cheng family is the eldest princess' mother's family. They don't care about family affection like this, and they push the innocent nephew to the end of redemption. How can you bear it? How can you bear it in your heart!"

The eldest princess took out a letter from her sleeve and put it on the ground, "Gu has always been fair, never wronged anyone, and never feared anyone. This time is just a small punishment. Gu is absolutely intolerable to those who play tricks. I would like to advise you, a deal is a deal, don't treat others as fools. Whoever dares to touch Gu's bottom line, Gu will turn against him, no matter who he is! You It's best to think clearly, don't test Gu's patience again and again, it won't be so easy to pass the test next time."

After speaking, he walked away with a gloomy face. Before leaving, he told Gong Chang: "Keep the gate, and don't let anyone go out before dawn."

"promise."

It wasn't until her back disappeared into the yard that everyone picked up the letter on the ground and read it again, without saying a word.At this time, the people on the ground suddenly groaned.Everyone turned around and saw that the butler was awake, and quickly helped him up. Seeing his legs twisted at a terrible angle, his clothes soaked in blood, his scalp felt numb for a while, "Hurry up and call the doctor."

But the servants replied, "The princess's guards have sealed the gate, preventing anyone from going out."

This? All of a sudden everyone was dumbfounded.

The butler actually woke up a long time ago, just lay on the ground and pretended to be dead for a while, at this moment the veins on his face were exposed, full of painful and distorted expression, he gritted his teeth and said: "She did it on purpose. I... I finally understand, so , the person who assassinated the wife and the second son was the eldest princess. No wonder... no wonder the Marquis has been unable to find out the murderer all these years. It turns out that the murderer was one of his own whom he had always trusted. We were all deceived by her, Retribution, really retribution!"

All the staff members froze there after seeing him finish speaking, and breathed out when they breathed out. They couldn't help but collectively shuddered.

Such a ruthless woman, if you hit her seven inches, she will hurt you ten inches.Killing the housekeeper was the second priority. After all, the second son is also her nephew and the future heir of the Cheng family. She broke his leg just by saying a word.I don't talk about affection at all.

"If it's just to protect a Cen Zheng, why do you do this?" Afterwards, the aides discussed in the hall.

"Don't you understand? It's not just about Cen Zheng, it's a new enmity combined with an old enmity. Back then, the Hou Ye did that without telling her, and the eldest princess didn't turn against the Hou Ye because of the Cheng family, so? For many years, everyone thought that this incident was over. Who would have thought that she would still remember it in her heart and take revenge long ago. Master Hou regards his wife and son as his life, so she took Master Hou's life as a knife, and she really didn't suffer at all. Alas, the butler is right, we shouldn't have followed the Tu family to meddle in that kind of thing back then, and now it's really retribution for us to make a fuss!"

"What's the use of you talking about these bastards now? If you have the ability, talk to Lord Hou!"

"Okay, okay, everyone, don't quarrel. Next, we should study what to do next? The assassination of Cen Zheng has been exposed. Is it possible for the eldest princess to report this matter to the emperor?"

"I don't think so. Since the eldest princess has come to the mansion to make trouble, it means that she has no intention of poking it out, but is just a warning to Lord Hou. When the soldiers here withdraw at dawn, we will immediately send someone to deliver the letter to the southwest. , report what happened here to Lord Hou. Before receiving the reply from Lord Hou, you must not act rashly."

Zhou Mansion of Ningbei Hou in the capital city.

Zhou Xiaochuan has been recuperating in the mansion secretly for half a month. Mrs. Zhou served the decoction herself, and finally snatched her daughter back from the ghost gate? Come on, she was so angry that she wanted to go back to the northwest to scold her old man, how could she be willing to let Zhou Xiaochuan do this? thing.

"Father is also forced to do so. We just want to save Cen Zheng. Who would have thought that some of the escorts are extremely skilled? My daughter is not their opponent. I am ashamed of my father for failing to complete the task."

"Don't talk about it anymore. Those are all old debts our family owed more than 20 years ago. What does it have to do with you? Your father did the same. He didn't tell me beforehand, so I can help you. You don't know I almost followed you when I saw you lying in the carriage dying." Mrs. Zhou said with tears welling up, recalling the scene of that day, she couldn't help feeling scared again, "It's a good thing you're fine, otherwise, what would he have done? To compensate my precious daughter?"

Zhou Xiaochuan said with a smile: "Isn't it okay to ask Dad to drink for you in the future?"

"Where is drinking enough? My heart will be scared to death by you sooner or later."

Zhou Xiaochuan frowned and finished drinking the bitter medicine, "Mother, is Cen Zheng sure to die this time?"

Mrs. Zhou sighed, "Oh, don't worry about this matter, just rest in peace and heal your wounds. No one can say for sure what will happen next, but I heard what the eldest princess said, and I want to try my best to keep Cen Zheng safe. Yes. In all fairness, the Zhou family is not without responsibility for Cen Zheng to be reduced to what he is today. Put yourself in the shoes of the two of you, if you two grew up alone outside without a father or mother, would I? Damn, how can you bear it? Although you were seriously injured because you saved her, those who tried to kill her didn't succeed. This? It's a blessing in disguise. From now on, we will do our best to obey the destiny."

"However, what if Cen Zheng wants to reverse the case for his father with all his heart? Will our Zhou family...will be liquidated?"

Mrs. Zhou was stopped by the question, her eyes dodged for a moment, "No, your younger brother just got married to Princess Kant, and Northwest has no ambition to dominate, so he won't be liquidated. You children, don't think about these things. "

"However, the imperial court will definitely liquidate the Cheng family. If the Cheng family collapses, how can our Zhou family survive alone?" Zhou Xiaochuan was far more mature than she imagined.

Mrs. Zhou asked seemingly casually, "How are you sure that the court will liquidate the Cheng family?"

Zhou Xiaochuan said: "I saw it. The people who were assassinated all had martial arts from the southwest. I saw that the soldiers captured a few survivors, put them in sacks and transported them away overnight."

Mrs. Zhou was shocked, "They caught a living? Did you really see it with your own eyes?"

Zhou Xiaochuan nodded.

"But the court documents say that all the assassins committed suicide by taking poison. Why do they say that?"

Mrs. Zhou gradually came to her senses, "I understand. This is fake news deliberately released by the court. The purpose is to numb the assassin's nerves and make the Cheng family relax their vigilance."

"If that's the case, then it's really..." The big thing is not good.Mrs. Zhou did not tell what happened behind it.She clearly knows that there is probably only one person in the world who can do all this.She felt that a huge vortex was opening its mouth towards them, and no one who was involved would be spared.And the hand that was stirring the vortex behind her made her see familiar shadows, but this time they were fish on the chopping board.

Zhou Xiaochuan shook Mrs. Zhou, "Mother, don't worry, maybe I got it wrong."

Mrs. Zhou was a little sad, "Xiaochuan, you should know our family's painstaking efforts to marry Princess Kant. If that day comes, we can't just run away. This is not the solution to the problem. Our northwest Zhou family has never deserted. You have to face what you have to face, as long as you have a clear conscience."